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Dumfries and Galloway beauty spot to host a concert with a difference
String quintet The Galloway Agreement will perform on dry land with concert-goers invited to watch from kayaks, motorboats, paddle boards and canoes
Loch Ken. (Image: Jim McEwan)
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Saanich council has unanimously rejected the idea of a casino in the municipality, after agreeing to consider it two years ago. “It came down to values, I think,” said Saanich Mayor Fred Haynes. . . .
HALIFAX Frustration is growing among residents of Port Morien, N.S. who say illegal dumping continues to occur at the resting place for many of their ancestors. I was horrified. This is a sacred space for our community, said Beverly Spencer, a resident of Port Morien. There are literally generations of people from this area buried here. Spencer has family members of her own resting in Black Brook Cemetery. She says the community has a memorial service every summer with many people coming from away to partake. So, it s not just a place where you occasionally come, said Spencer. It has special meaning for so many people.
Council Member, College of Medicine
London SE1
SIR – I have received an email from the Ascension Community Vaccine Clinic in the city of Warren, Michigan, saying I have an appointment to receive my jab. This is a round trip of well over 7,000 miles. I hope they can arrange somewhere closer for the second dose.
Tom Bliss
SIR – Professor Jonathan Van-Tam has said that we should stay at home after receiving the vaccine, and behave as though we have the virus. The logical conclusion of this approach is that everyone must remain isolated until we have all been vaccinated.
Having to live so unnaturally for such a long time will result in a huge death toll, greater than what we have seen in the past year – but, of course, it will not be part of the official statistics.